TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said 430 trillion rials (about $10.2 billion) is going to be allocated for development projects in the next year’s budget plan, up 53 percent from the figure for the current year. “We intend to invest as much as we can in development sector […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said in a statement that its intelligence organization has arrested Ruhollah Zam, an anti-Iran media figure, in a complex intelligence operation outside the country. Ruhollah Zam who in recent years had become a tool in the hands of espionage services and anti-Iran bodies and had been […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Alireza Shojanuri, the star of Majid Majidi’s 2015 blockbuster “Muhammad (S), the Messenger of God” about the life of Muhammad (S), will play the title role in “Salman Farsi”, a TV series about the life story of the Iranian companion of the Prophet of Islam. Shojanuri will portray Salman’s middle-age and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Eram gas field, recently discovered south of Fars Province, southern Iran, is estimated to hold 19 trillion cubic feet (540 billion cubic meter) of natural gas in its reserve, according to NIOC. Entitled as Eram, the gas field is estimated to hold 19 trillion cubic feet (540 bcm) of natural […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Senior security official Brigadier General Mohsen Fat’hizadeh said that Iran-Iraq borders are fully secure for the return of Arbaeen pilgrims. He made the remarks on Monday in a meeting with the Head of Arbaeen Headquarters Zolfaghari and Governor General of Ilam province Ghasem Dashtaki. This year, “we witnessed considerable growth in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Energy Ministry has announced new regulations on guaranteed purchase of electricity from the country’s renewable power suppliers, IRIB reported on Sunday. Based on the new regulations, the ministry has increased the price for the guaranteed purchase of electricity from renewable power plants in order to promote construction of such plants […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to standing against the US and Zionism, stressing that the Islamic Republic will never give in to pressures from the enemies. In an address to the graduation ceremony of IRGC cadets in Tehran on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei slammed the US […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior official with Iran’s agricultural ministry said Iran’s rural women cooperatives have played a key role in reviving the country’s textile industry, rural livelihoods, and overall well being. Hossein Shirzad, who is also the chief executive officer of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), said Iran’s rural […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s business environment witnessed a slight improvement in the summer which is the second quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (June 22-September 22) compared with the previous quarter, a survey was undertaken by Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) show. As reported by the ICCIMA portal, the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s seed production tops 6000 tons in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), according to the country’s deputy agriculture minister. Hossein Shirzad, who is also the chief executive officer of the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), said the country’s agro-industries corporations have succeeded in producing more […]